Newborn Coverage on California Group Insurance
Posted on January 19th, 2010
There has been a change that affects how long a newborn can stay covered under the parent’s group insurance. In the past, a newborn was covered for the first 30 days but only until the end of the month. So, a baby born on the 28th is covered for only 2-3 days, until the 30th or 31st of that month.
Effective 1/1/2010, newborns will be covered for the first 30 days, without the end of the month rule. So, a baby born on January 28th will remain covered until February 28th.
Coverage will be free the first 30 days, but if they enroll the baby with Kaiser, coverage will be backdated to the first of the month. This means they’ll pay for the coverage- just like they would have done before the rule changed. Thi